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Grade 4 Communities, Populations, and Ecosystems
Robins, earthworms, and grass live in a yard. These three groups make up a                .
  1. species.
  2. habitat.
  3. community.
  4. population.
Grade 4 Ecology
The environment contains
  1. living things only.
  2. nonliving things only.
  3. both living and nonliving things.
  4. only artificial things.
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
At the beginning of a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid are producers that get energy from the Sun.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Biomes
What do polar ecosystems not have?
  1. soil
  2. animals
  3. water
  4. ice
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
Which is a producer in the food chain?
  1. deer
  2. lion
  3. bean plant
  4. farmer
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
Decomposers help make the soil rich when they decompose the waste or remains of other organisms.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
After the Sun, a food chain starts with
  1. animals that eat grass.
  2. animals that eat other animals.
  3. plants that eat animals.
  4. plants that make their own food.
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
Grasshoppers, lizards, and birds are examples of                .
  1. decomposers.
  2. consumers.
  3. carnivores.
  4. herbivores.
Grade 4 Biomes
What might an ecosystem that has mostly pine or spruce trees be?
  1. mountain forest
  2. evergreen forest
  3. deep woods
  4. green woods
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
Which best describes the diagram?
Food Web
  1. aquatic food web
  2. aquatic food chain
  3. terrestrial food web
  4. terrestrial food chain
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
An animal that eats both plants and other animals is a(n)
  1. consumer.
  2. herbivore.
  3. carnivore.
  4. omnivore.
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
Where would a decomposer be in a food chain?
  1. at the beginning
  2. in the middle
  3. at the end
  4. Decomposers are not part of a food chain.
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
What does a food chain show?
  1. how much food animals eat
  2. how living things hide from predators
  3. how plants produce food from sunlight
  4. how energy passes to different living things
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
Which term includes herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?
  1. consumers
  2. predators
  3. prey
  4. producers
Grade 4 Biotic and Abiotic
What are the non-living parts of an ecosystem?
  1. air, water, soil, climate, and landforms
  2. animals, plants, fungi, protists, and bacteria
Grade 4 Communities, Populations, and Ecosystems
Which is NOT a system?
  1. grass, soil, water sprinkler
  2. sun, algae, snails, fungi
  3. grass, shrubs, trees
  4. coral, clown fish, salt water, bacteria
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
An animal that is eaten by another animal is
  1. a carnivore.
  2. an omnivore.
  3. prey.
  4. a predator.
Grade 4 Communities, Populations, and Ecosystems
Which statement is true about an ecosystem?
  1. Only one population at a time lives in an ecosystem.
  2. An ecosystem contains populations but no communities.
  3. An ecosystem can be home to many different populations.
  4. An ecosystem is made up of only abiotic factors.
Grade 4 Food Chains and Webs
Which organism is an autotroph?
Food Web
  1. mouse
  2. snake
  3. grass
  4. mushroom
Grade 4 Biotic and Abiotic
Which of the following do both plants and animals on to survive?
  1. forests
  2. sand
  3. shade
  4. sunlight
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